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Entries for August 2004

Major hunting issues dominate meeting
By JOE MACALUSO
jmacaluso@theadvocate.com
Advocate outdoors writer
Louisiana duck hunters will get an eighth consecutive 60-day season, deer hunters in State Area 6 had their season dates changed again and ...

TWRA is now leasing dove fields from landowners for its Public Dove Field Program. TWRA biologists and wildlife officers are currently signing up landowners who will have grain/silage fields harvested by mid-August.
Landowners can earn $1,600 to $...

Pheasants Willow Slough FWA
Located in Newton County on the border between Indiana and Illinois, Willow Slough FWA is one of the preeminent public-land pheasant-hunting areas in the state. There are many prime places to hunt on Willow Slough's 9,956 ...

Waterfowl hunting program scheduled
(Created 8/5/2004 3:35:46 PM)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Minnesota Waterfowl Association (MWA) are seeking youth between the ages of 12 and 16 to participate in a training course which wi...

LES WINKELER: THERE'S A LOT TO DO AT HUNTING AND FISHING DAYS
[Thu Aug 05 2004]
If you haven't attended the Southern Illinois Celebration of National Hunting and Fishing Days for a couple years, you may want to circle the weekend of Sept. 25-26 o...

Western Washington Pheasant Hunting
By Patricia Thompson, Wildlife Biologist and Curt Young, Wildlife Area Manager
Many people in the state of Washington enjoy the sport of pheasant hunting. There are currently 26 pheasant release sites in western ...

Opponents of mourning dove hunting to mount petition drive aimed at 2006
August 5, 2004, 3:49 PM
LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Voters could get the final say in whether mourning dove hunts should be allowed in Michigan -- but not until 2006.
A coalition...

OLYMPIA - Cougar, pheasants and white-tailed deer will be key topics for discussion at a public workshop on game-management issues scheduled Aug. 28 by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW).
Designed as a progress report on WDFW's 2...

Hunting groups call conservation initiatives 'grand slam'
"This announcement is a grand slam for wildlife and conservationists." That is how the CEO of Pheasants Forever summed up President George Bush's statement in support of the Conservation Res...

Eastside pheasant hunting season has changes
by Dave Ware, Upland Game Program Manager
There are several changes in store for eastern Washington pheasant hunters this fall.
The most significant is that this year will be the first in a long time th...

New law thanks military with expanded hunting, fishing opportunities
MONTGOMERY - Governor Bob Riley has signed into law a bill that allows Alabama residents on leave from active duty in the Armed Forces to hunt or fish without obtaining a hunting o...

Sun, May 23, 2004
DNR feedback line gathers gripes
Fall pheasant hunting prospects are five months and a breeding season away from being defined, but Wisconsin shotgunners already are miffed.
Deer hunters are upset that hunting over bait is allo...

Posted on Thu, May. 27, 2004
State: Ditches have mowing restrictions
The state departments of Game, Fish and Parks and Transportation are reminding residents that there are restrictions on mowing ditches along state roads.
The DOT allows landown...

May 24, 2004
Quail chicks a hit in school
By Matt Cooper
The Register-Guard
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LORANE - A newborn Japanese quail is no bigger than a person's thumb, but it can teach huge lessons.
When the firs...